All right, guys, I will spare you the beatboxing for the last episode of our beat mini series,

and we're just going to talk about some beat problems.

Again, it's pretty straightforward to grow them, but let's talk. Let's just figure it out.

If you've got some beat issues, I hope that this episode will help.

Outside of pest or diseases, which we will get into into the most common beat problem is black heart

it's also called beat black spot and it's caused by a deficiency of boron in the soil

if you don't have enough boron, which is one of the essential

nutrients that plants need, you're going to get these black and woody spots

will form on and into the root. You do need to cut those spots out before eating because they don't

taste good. They're kind of woody and you can add small amounts of borax to your

soil to improve the boron level prior to planting next time to prevent that.

Once you plant your beets, use a seaweed extract or add compost to try to improve your

boron levels.

So that's going to be one of the most common ones, but it's really not that common I would say. I haven't heard of too many gardeners experiencing it on a really consistent basis and it can be

trouble shot pretty well by just improving the boron quality of the soil.

Pest wise you do have quite a few pests that can become problematic when you're growing your beads.

Two of the most dangerous ones are disease spreaders, so not only do they eat your beats, but they also

spread disease. Not a good combination.

Apids, which you've talked a million times about,

and leafhoppers both zero in on the lush beat greens.

They love munching on the beat greens.

You're gonna wanna just give your beet stems a nice heavy

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